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If the rosters of past Stanley Cup champions hand-painted on concrete walls inside Joe Louis Arena didn't reiterate to the Blackhawks that they face a Red Wings tradition, not just a team, defenseman Brent Seabrook unwittingly offered a reminder. "Detroit doesn't surprise anyone in here," Seabrook said late Monday night after the Hawks' 3-1 loss. "They know how to win. " Not every NHL playoff team does. Chicago wishes the Hawks would remember. Soon. General manager Stan Bowman's Blackhawks could...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: Adds $84 million in second graph Blackhawks lock up Toews, Kane The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms with forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane on eight-year contract extensions, which run through the 2022-23 season, the team announced Wednesday. Each contract is worth a total of $84 million, ESPN.com reported. Toews and Kane previously agreed to matching five-year, $31.5 million extensions in 2009 that were set to expire after this coming season.

NEW YORK - Wherever Jonathan Toews goes, the Blackhawks' nine-game losing streak follows. Thoughts of the team's longest stretch without a victory since the 2006-07 season are always on the captain's mind and figure to stay on it until the Hawks skate off the ice with a victory. "Every minute of the day lately," Toews said Wednesday of how often he thinks about the skid. "It's tough to get some sleep the way things have been going. " Toews' ultra-competitive nature...

The Sports Xchange NHL roundup: Blackhawks extend Toews, Kane contracts The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms with forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane on eight-year contract extensions that run through the 2022-23 season, the team announced Wednesday. Each contract is worth $84 million, ESPN.com reported. Toews and Kane previously agreed to matching five-year, $31.5 million extensions in 2009 that were to expire after this coming season. Toews, 26, became the...

WASHINGTON — About the only time the Blackhawks wouldn't be thrilled with grabbing a point in a game that appeared all but lost is when it's this late in the season and they're this bunched up with Western Conference opponents. When Jonathan Toews poked the puck past goaltender Braden Holtby with 38.5 seconds remaining in Sunday's game against the Capitals to send the game into overtime, the Hawks had gained a big point in the race for the playoffs. But when Mike...

(Reuters) - The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to lucrative eight-year contract extensions with high-scoring forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, the National Hockey League team said on Wednesday. Financial terms of the contracts were not disclosed by the team but local media estimate each is worth $84 million. "The commitment we have made to these incredible young men is equal to the commitment they have made to our team, our fans, our entire organization and...

Ask Jonathan Toews where he was a year ago Monday and the Blackhawks center tilts his head, ponders for a moment and draws a blank. "Where was I?" When Toews is reminded he was on the ice in Vancouver helping Canada defeat the United States in the gold-medal contest of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games that many consider the greatest hockey game ever played, the memories flood back. "USA vs. Canada, in Canada," Toews recalled. "The world was watching. It's...

With due respect to Carmelo Anthony, his was not the signature a winter tenant of the United Center simply had to have to make this Chicago sports summer complete. Whereas the Bulls can find a way to stay competitive in the Eastern Conference without Anthony, could anybody in town imagine the Blackhawks without Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews? Now, nobody has to after the Hawks signed both stars to identical eight-year, $84 million contract extensions that carry $10.5 million salary-cap hits...

Jonathan Toews lost it. The Blackhawks captain lost his composure. Lost a period. Maybe lost a playoff series and a season. It was costly and embarrassing, and those two points are more than Toews has in this series against Detroit. The Hawks were looking for heroes. Toews was looking for a goal. With the Hawks fighting to avoid a three-games-to-one deficit against Detroit in Game 4 on Thursday night, it seemed like a good time for the center on the top line deliver. Toews...

With Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane now locked in with the Blackhawks through the 2022-23 season, the future of the franchise appears bright - with a hint of storm clouds on the distant horizon. Two of the NHL's top players aren't going anywhere after Toews and Kane agreed to terms on identical eight-year, $84 million contract extensions Wednesday, likely ensuring the Hawks will be Stanley Cup contenders for the next decade or so. Hawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz, President John...

Jonathan Toews let out a slight chuckle when he was asked recently if there was any scenario he could envision that ended with him not signing a contract extension with the Blackhawks. "Very doubtful," the captain said with a grin. The question still remains when and not if Toews and Patrick Kane will finalize deals that will make them Hawks for the long term. There is no rush as the young standout forwards who have teamed up to help lead the Hawks to two Stanley Cups...

As dominating a performance against a good team as I've seen in years out of the Hawks. Hossa, Toews and Kane were, as Foley put it, "like the Harlem Globetrotters" while playing keep away with the puck. Ben Flores (11/26/2009, 4:06p.m.)

Neither Bulls general manager Gar Forman nor Blackhawks counterpart Stan Bowman comes across as your typical autograph seeker. They aren't 12-year-old boys or greedy adults looking to make a buck on eBay. They aren't asking anybody to sign a body part. They don't carry a Sharpie in their sock. But in one way Forman and Bowman find themselves feeling much like Everyman lingering near so many locker rooms and parking lots, committed to waiting as long as necessary for signatures...

The number Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook is paying closest attention to is the one located under the "points" category in the Western Conference standings. There are other important digits, of course, such as the veteran's 23 assists this season — tied for second on the Hawks — and the one that will be on Seabrook's next contract. The pending restricted free agent said Monday his agent and general manager Stan Bowman are still negotiating on a new deal.

PHILADELPHIA - With the NHL draft behind him, Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman can shift a larger portion of his focus on closing what could be the most significant deals of his career. Bowman is negotiating with top-flight forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane on contract extensions and has said he would like to have them done by Tuesday. Their agent, Pat Brisson, is likely to seek the highest salaries in NHL history, with salary-cap hits that could reach or exceed $10...

When the competition on the ice ended last week in Boston with the Blackhawks hoisting the Stanley Cup trophy, the competition among Chicago's trendiest hangouts began. American Junkie co-owner Bradley Parker said he texted three Blackhawks players to congratulate them right after their team's victory and invite them to celebrate at his River North neighborhood sports bar. Harry Caray's Restaurant Group CEO Grant DePorter said restaurateurs tried to lure the team...

The Sports Xchange Report: Blackhawks' Kane, Toews seek $12M Chicago Blackhawks stars Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews are both seeking salaries of $12 million per year, TSN reported Thursday. Right winger Kane and center Toews are eligible to sign extensions on Tuesday for the 2015-16 season. Toews and Kane each have one year remaining on their existing contracts. They signed identical five-year, $31.5 million contracts prior to the 2010-11 season that pays them each $6.3...

The new guy didn't take long to make a first impression. Less than 10 minutes into his Blackhawks debut, Kim Johnsson took a gorgeous feed from Patrick Kane and fired a wrist shot from the slot to nirvana. The United Center crowd of 22,275 -- another season high -- roared with approval at what appeared to be the Hawks' latest stroke of genius, Friday's trade for Johnsson. But those good vibes evaporated during a disastrous second period that featured three...

The Blackhawks weren't grasping at silver linings being tossed their way late Sunday night. A team that felt it deserved to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for a second straight season also felt it deserved some time to wallow. A team can't get much closer to playing in the finals than the Hawks, a 5-4 overtime loser to the Kings in Game 7. The proximity to their goal made the sting that much more intense. "There's no consolation for a loss like that," captain Jonathan...